Re: GTK file selector

From:

Reiner Steib

Subject:

Re: GTK file selector

Date:

Wed, 14 Dec 2005 17:18:38 +0100

User-agent:

Gnus/5.110004 (No Gnus v0.4) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux)

On Wed, Dec 14 2005, Jérôme Marant wrote:
> I may be dumb but with the current GTK file selector,
[ See http://thread.gmane.org/439E24E2.1070201%40gmx.net for a related
discussion ]
> I did not find any way to view dotfiles and dotdirectories. So, I
> was unable to open my .emacs nor to enter my .emacs.d directory.
mouse-3 in the file list area (or however it's called), opens a "Show
hidden files" checkbox.
> Also, there is no textarea where I could enter a filename manually.
Ctrl-l
> Is there something to configure I missed?
,----[ <f1> v use-file-dialog RET ]
| use-file-dialog is a variable defined in `C source code'.
| Its value is nil
|
| Documentation:
| *Non-nil means mouse commands use a file dialog to ask for files.
| This applies to commands from menus and tool bar buttons. The value
| of `use-dialog-box' takes precedence over this variable, so a file
| dialog is only used if both `use-dialog-box' and this variable are
| non-nil.
`----
Bye, Reiner.
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